An ocean model's response to North Atlantic Oscillation like wind forcing
The response of the Atlantic Ocean to North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)-like wind forcing was investigated using an ocean-only general circulation model coupled to an atmospheric boundary layer model. A series of idealized experiments was performed to investigate the interannual to multi-decadal freq...
| Published in: | Geophysical Research Letters |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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AGU (American Geophysical Union)
1998
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| Online Access: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6319/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6319/1/Visbeck_et_al-1998-Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/1998GL900162 |
| Summary: | The response of the Atlantic Ocean to North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)-like wind forcing was investigated using an ocean-only general circulation model coupled to an atmospheric boundary layer model. A series of idealized experiments was performed to investigate the interannual to multi-decadal frequency response of the ocean to a winter wind anomaly pattern. Overall, the strength of the SST response increased slightly with longer forcing periods. In the subpolar gyre, however, the model showed a broad response maximum in the decadal band (12-16 years). |
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